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If you were to design a predator-prey relationship using a planktonic rotifer as the predator and a single celled green
algae as the prey, describe what would happen to the populations if a plant nutrient like nitrogen were added to the
water. Explain your answer.

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Adding nitrogen, which is a nutrient that encourages the growth of green algae (prey) and increase in its population will lead to an increase in planktonic rotifer (predators) based on the influence of predator-prey relationship.

The populations of predator and its prey are dynamic as they respond to each other.

An increase in the population of the prey means there would be more food that will support more predators that are up the food chain.

Invariably, increase population of the prey will lead to a rise in the population of the predators.

A diagram showing the dynamism of a typical predator-prey relationship is shown in the attachment.

In the same vein, adding nitrogen, which is a nutrient that encourages the growth of green algae (prey) and increase in its population will lead to an increase in planktonic rotifer (predators) based on the influence of predator-prey relationship.

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